Movies Like Deadline (2009)

Deadline is a 2009 drama, horror, thriller film from Sean McConville with a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Deadline and Fathers and Daughters.

Drama Horror Thriller

Deadline

1980

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

5.1

MagicScore

Fathers and Daughters

2015

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

7.1

MagicScore

What the Peeper Saw

1972

A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

5.9

MagicScore

Girl in Woods

2016

After a tragic accident Grace is lost and alone in the Smoky Mountains. Grace's struggle for survival is made more complicated by her troubled past. Battling the demons in her mind may be the only way to come out alive.

3.7

MagicScore

Saltburn

2023

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

7.0

MagicScore

Goodnight Mommy

2015

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

6.7

MagicScore

The Neon Demon

2016

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

6.5

MagicScore

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

5.8

MagicScore

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

2009

The story revolves around a man trying to uncover the mysterious death of his girlfriend and save an innocent man from the death chamber in the process, by using his unique power to time travel. However in attempting to do this, he also frees a spiteful serial-killer.

5.5

MagicScore

#10

Phobia

1980

A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.

4.3

MagicScore

#11

Angst

1983

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

The Crazy Family

1984

Shortly after moving to the suburbs, the Kobayashis start to come undone. Convinced a family curse is at the root of their erratic behavior, the man of the house takes it upon himself to course-correct before it takes the last of their sanity.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

The Offence

1973

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Images

1972

While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder. Based on a true story.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Arbitrage

2012

A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Full Circle

1978

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

A Wife's Nightmare

2014

Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to be her husband's daughter.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

The Man in the Glass Booth

1975

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970

Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Deadline?

The top films similar to Deadline by MovieMagicScore are Deadline (5.1), Fathers and Daughters (7.1), What the Peeper Saw (5.9). Each shares drama/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Deadline worth watching?

Deadline holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10 from 99 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Deadline?

Deadline (2009) is a drama, horror, thriller film directed by Sean McConville, starring Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard.

Where can I find more recommendations like Deadline?

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About movies like Deadline

This ranked list pairs Deadline (2009), a drama and horror and thriller film from Sean McConville, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Brittany Murphy take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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